Cemetery: Progress Cemetery, Sabine Parish Louisiana Submitter: Carl Dilbeck Date: As Listed ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Carl Dilbeck has given the LAGenWeb permission to put his book, The Sabine Cemeteries, in the Sabine archives. The LaGenWeb Archives gives it's hearty thanks to the Carl Dilbeck for his donation of his Sabine Cemetery Book to this archive. His generosity helps our LaGenWeb Archives grow and help others. Progress Cemetery Listed Oct. 1996 Progress Cemetery is located on Old Pleasant Hill Road between Pleasant Hill and Zwolle. Monuments are listed in rows starting with 1 in the SW corner of the cemetery. They are numbered from the south fence to the north. There was a listing of this cemetery done in 1966 by members of the D.A.R. At that time 42 monuments were listed. Currently there are 141 markers listed, with the earliest burial found in 1910. Checking my current list against the older one, I found that there were some listed at that time that I can no longer find or identify. These are indicated by rows and numbers of "999" at the end of this list. Missing or unreadable dates are listed as "unk" for month and day, and "9999" for the year. Currently there are 141 markers listed, with the earliest burial found in 1910. Unless there was some indication on the tombstone that people were married, I've tried to use the convention of "b/w" to indicate "buried with" for multiple burials with a single tombstone. I've also tried to note son and daughter relationships and military notations in the comments column. Row Num First Name Last Name Born Died Comments 1 1 Guffey L. Pattison Dec 4 1914 unk 9999 b/w Mavoureen B. 1 2 Mavoureen B. Pattison Nov 17 1915 Sep 14 1992 b/w Guffey L. 1 3 Jewel C. Dyess May 1 1909 Jan 6 1975 b/w Juanita G. 1 4 Juanita G. Dyess Nov 19 1918 Mar 19 1979 b/w Jewel R. 1 5 George C. Gewin Nov 8 1892 Dec 23 1973 b/w S. Kate, Pvt USArmy WWI 1 6 S. Kate Gewin Jan 1 1898 Dec 20 1980 b/w George C. 1 7 Emmitt L. Litton Feb 7 1890 Apr 1 1969 b/w Ora H., PFC WWI 1 8 Ora H. Litton Sep 22 1895 Aug 11 1991 b/w Emmitt L. 2 1 Sam Arnold Aug 6 1898 May 7 1973 b/w Annie Slaton 2 2 Annie Slaton Arnold Aug 24 1905 Aug 15 1995 b/w Sam 2 3 Samuel R. BlankenshipFeb 16 1933 Apr 11 1987 2 4 Berry BlankenshipSep 16 1877 Sep 26 1966 b/w Hallie Strickland 2 5 Hallie Strickland BlankenshipJul 19 1882 Aug 4 1974 b/w Berry 2 6 Alvin Hall Jul 5 1921 Dec 19 1984 b/w Eloise Gewin, USArmy WWII 2 7 Eloise Gewin Hall Jan 20 1929 unk 9999 b/w Alvin 2 8 James A. Free Jan 19 1914 unk 9999 b/w Gertie N. 2 9 Gertie N. Free Mar 1 1914 Oct 28 1991 b/w James A. 2 10 James Luther Litton Dec 20 1914 Oct 5 1991 b/w Willa Mae 2 11 Willa Mae Litton Jan 6 1925 unk 9999 b/w James Luther 3 1 Mildred Langston Feb 3 1924 May 21 1925 3 2 Eddie M., (Jr.) Campbell Jan 3 1929 Nov 2 1970 4 1 Floyd Graves Dec 14 1972 Jan 27 1923 Son of J.E. & Mary 4 2 Lafaytte Graves Mar 5 1853 Jan 21 1924 4 3 Andrew L. Graves Jun 30 1885 Dec 14 1966 4 4 Mollie O. Graves Aug 5 1890 Oct 3 1976 4 5 Thomas Jeese Green Oct 9 1881 Mar 20 1946 Pvt WWI 4 6 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 4 7 Ennis Green Aug 9 1892 Dec 14 1915 4 8 Della Bee McElroy Hart Feb 19 1892 Jun 2 1920 Wife of E.L. 4 9 N. E. Moore McElroy Jul 30 1853 May 12 1921 Wife of L.S. 4 10 Louis S. McElroy Dec 16 1851 Jan 20 1939 4 11 Elizabeth Moore ScottMcElroy unk 1867 unk 1931 4 12 Corene McElroy Gewin Feb 17 1897 Jun 7 1946 Wife of W.H. 4 14 John H. McElroy Jul 16 1876 Jul 29 1956 b/w Jimma C. 4 15 Jimma C. McElroy Oct 11 1880 Jul 10 1963 b/w John H. 4 16 Huey P. Fourd Mar 10 1931 Nov 9 1990 4 17 Albert J. Fourd Feb 5 1905 Nov 10 1985 b/w Azlie C. 4 18 Azlie C. Fourd Oct 30 1912 Jun 14 1984 b/w Albert J. 4 19 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 5 1 Alice Graves Moutray Jan 1887 Apr 1974 6 1 Ronnie Slaton Sep 23 1913 Sep 23 1913 twin of M&M S.T. 6 2 Bonnie Slaton Sep 23 1913 Sep 23 1913 twin of M&M S.T. 6 3 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 6 4 Mary L. BlankenshipDec 7 1861 Feb 18 1945 6 5 Mattie Elizabeth Carter Mar 23 1885 Feb 24 1920 Wife of T.T. 6 6 Elmer Carter May 24 1919 May 24 1919 Son of T.T. & Mattie E. 6 7 Homer Chapman Dec 14 1914 May 11 1992 6 8 Daniel F. Chapman Jul 11 1887 Feb 11 1971 b/w Leona B. 6 9 Leona B. Chapman Feb 16 1893 Jan 17 1979 b/w Daniel F. 6 10 William Daniel Chapman Jul 7 1927 Jul 7 1927 Son of M&M D.F. 6 11 Ezra Demoise Chapman Apr 2 1925 Aug 13 1926 Son of M&M D.F. 6 12 Nettie Loretta Chapman Oct 19 1929 Oct 19 1929 Dau of M&M D.F. 6 13 John Farrel unk 1835 unk 1910 6 14 Infant BlankenshipMay 1942 May 1942 6 15 Earnest B. BlankenshipApr 20 1908 Aug 16 1970 b/w Della B. 6 16 Della B. BlankenshipSep 10 1908 unk 9999 b/w Earnest B. 7 1 William Arthur Birdwell Nov 8 1905 Dec 8 1967 b/w Jesmer J. 7 2 Jesmer J. Birdwell Oct 9 1911 Oct 14 1987 b/w William Arthur 7 3 L. C. Birdwell Oct 8 1911 Jan 10 1981 Pvt, USA WWII 7 4 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 7 5 Clyde BlankenshipFeb 19 1898 Apr 17 1993 b/w Cora 7 6 Cora BlankenshipDec 17 1900 Aug 8 1974 b/w Clyde 7 7 Billie Jene BlankenshipFeb 27 1928 Feb 27 1928 7 8 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 8 1 Henry J. Birdwell May 5 1876 May 22 1912 8 2 H. J. Birdwell Jul 7 1851 Aug 4 1919 8 3 Susie Birdwell Jul 7 1852 Feb 17 1927 b/w Eva 8 4 Eva Birdwell Jul 26 1883 Feb 17 1927 b/w Susie 8 5 Annie Jane Birdwell Dec 1 1882 Mar 27 1934 8 6 Waymond R. Birdwell Aug 3 1924 Feb 26 1927 8 7 C. J. Birdwell Dec 10 1900 Jan 17 1964 b/w Alma 8 8 Alma Birdwell Nov 22 1900 Mar 8 1970 b/w C.J. 8 9 Orbra S. Birdwell Dec 20 1925 Aug 12 1986 USN WWII 8 10 Elby Rials Jul 2 1920 Jun 16 1922 8 11 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 8 12 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 8 13 P. W. (Boss) Rials Apr 5 1885 Apr 3 1950 8 14 Laura Lee Rials Jul 22 1901 Feb 4 1959 8 15 Tommy Wayne McComic May 14 1944 Jun 8 1981 RM2 Vietnam 9 1 John Folks unk 9999 unk 9999 Infant of Wm & Zula 9 2 Marie Folks unk 9999 unk 9999 Infant of Wm & Zula 9 3 Zula E. Birdwell Folks Nov 3 1893 Jan 27 1929 9 4 Willis Mathew Folks Jun 6 1890 unk 9999 QM WWI 9 5 James A. "AS" Diamond Jun 22 1917 unk 9999 9 6 Yumra Folks Diamond Mar 12 1918 unk 9999 9 7 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 9 8 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 9 9 Joshua Dyess unk 9999 unk 9999 Co A, 28La Inf, CSA 9 10 Cormelia Rials May 8 1858 May 19 1934 9 11 John Jesse Rials Jun 29 1862 May 26 1945 9 12 William Quitman Rials Dec 16 1887 Jun 3 1968 9 13 Stille Mae Rials Mar 13 1886 Nov 28 1950 10 1 Basil Lee Gewin Mar 10 1920 Mar 10 1920 10 2 Tommie Matilda Gewin Dec 12 1923 Jun 14 1938 10 3 Bonnie Ethridge Gewin Dec 29 1896 Mar 14 1970 b/w Marion B. 10 4 Marion B. Gewin Jan 24 1897 Jan 13 1983 b/w Bonnie Ethridge 10 5 Billy McCoy Gewin Apr 29 1927 Apr 9 1983 10 6 Howard Randell Graves Jun 11 1941 Apr 6 1982 11 1 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 11 2 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 11 3 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 11 4 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 11 5 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 11 6 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 11 7 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 11 8 Hugh Lane Pattison Sep 18 1955 Sep 18 1955 11 9 Jimmy Gale Edgar Jun 20 1953 Sep 29 1972 11 10 Pauline Graves Edgar Nov 17 1921 Apr 7 1973 b/w Charlie C. 11 11 Charlie C. Edgar Mar 8 1916 Aug 12 1983 b/w Pauline Graves 11 12 Jerry Dale Edgar Jun 27 1951 Dec 31 1985 12 1 Mildred Anniece Free Mar 1 1932 Jun 13 1935 Dau of M&M Frank 12 2 H. Frank Free Jun 26 1882 Mar 17 1967 12 3 Lurline B. Free May 17 1894 Dec 1 1986 12 4 Albert Alton Free Sep 5 1911 Jun 2 1979 12 5 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 12 7 Lyndel Dyess Sistrunk Jun 3 1937 Aug 26 1986 Wife of Tony Gene, Wed May 1, 1955 12 8 Tony Gene Sistrunk Apr 29 1931 Oct 12 1994 Hus of Lyndel Dyess, USArmy, Korea 13 1 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 13 2 Ethel Alford Jamerson Mar 5 1898 Aug 19 1978 13 3 Carrie Susie Alford Jan 6 1893 Sep 16 1971 13 4 Robert D. Alford Jul 15 1891 unk 9999 b/w Mary C. 13 5 Mary C. Alford Sep 14 1892 Feb 10 1970 b/w Robert D. 13 6 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 14 1 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 14 2 Jake Alford unk 1865 unk 1922 14 3 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 14 4 Louis Alford unk 9999 unk 9999 15 1 Ruth Collum Oct 28 1926 unk 9999 15 2 J. D. Collum Jun 23 1933 unk 9999 15 3 Rhoda Collum unk 1901 unk 1958 15 4 John Thomas Collum Aug 1 1890 Feb 21 1969 15 5 Pearl Collum Mar 15 1916 May 7 1965 15 6 Rufus Collum Jun 2 1922 Sep 25 1984 15 7 John D. Collum Feb 14 1921 Feb 18 1974 b/w C. Juanita, USAF, WWII 15 8 C. Juanita Collum Sep 18 1917 Jun 4 1991 b/w John D. 16 1 Narrie E. BlankenshipJul 21 1904 Sep 12 1988 16 2 Unknown Unknown unk 9999 unk 9999 999 999 Infant Pattison Sep 18 1955 Sep 18 1955 Son of M&M G.L. 12 6 Infant Sistrunk Aug 22 1962 Aug 22 1962 Infant of M&M Tony 999 999 Talmadge Bozeman Jan 30 1916 Nov 1 1995 4 13 Dessie Bee McElroy Sep 5 1909 Feb 6 1995 End of Progress Cemetery List. # # #